From the DV Expo this week in Los Angeles

[sb]

I saw the box at the DV Expo. It was on show special for $369, but sells
online for about $399, though I haven't looked for it.
It converts analog video in realtime directly to MPEG2, eliminating the need
to compress via other means, like Cleaner or Squeeze.
It can also use an existing DVD as the source. (The person I talked with
said that "they trust you won't violate any copyrights" so I'm assuming they
don't support Macrovision)
It comes with software that is extremely iDVD-like, but it's not required
that you use their software. The quality I saw was quite good.

If you do enough video that's headed for DVD, then I would think it's worth
it, since you won't be tying up your machine for compression.

sb

On 12/19/02 5:31 PM, "Thubten Kunga" <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:

> The ADS website says it's $499. I think that may be too much money for
> a non-DV source iDVD substitute. I didn't attend the expo so I don't
> know how the end products look. Anybody see the VCD and DVD results of
> this analog input approach to digital editing with unknown editing and
> DVD authoring software?
> 
> Kunga
> 
> On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 10:44  AM, Rod Duncan wrote:
> 
>> Let me get this straight...
>> 
>> So ADS Technologies, with their new hardware/software, is using the
>> built-in CDRW to burn the DVD?
>> BTW, The link you posted is gone from their site.
>> 
>> If you can get more info on this off the floor of the DV Expo please
>> post.
>> (I am just about to buy an external DVD burner to use with a CDRW
>> equipped Ti Powerbook)
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> Rod
>> 
>>> Now, isn't THIS interesting...
>>> 
>>> From DTV Professional:
>>> 
>>> First up was ADS Technologies. This company has introduced a $360
>>> hardware/software product that enables you to, get this, burn a DVD
>>> on a
>>> non-SuperDrive equipped Power Mac G4.
>>> 
>>> Here's the link:
>>> 
>>> http://www.adstech.com/products/macav1750/specifications/
>>> macav1750specs.asp?
>>> pid=MACAV1750